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Sometimes the casting for the role is so good, it's hard to imagine someone else playing it. In other cases, the wrong actor choice just puts the audience out of the story, especially when actors playing a couple have no chemistry. 

One person asked the AskReddit forum "What actor/actress was completely 100% wrong for the role?" And over 32K other users chimed in. Some actors gave these people unfitting to the character vibes, some were too far off the described look in the books, some were a different race than their character. Bored Panda has selected the best answers. Share in the comments if you agree.

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Jared Leto as Joker with green hair and pale makeup facing another character in a tense movie scene, wrong actors chosen. Jared Leto as the joker

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3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No one will ever do The Joker like Heath Ledger.

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    Young cheerleader performing with yellow pom-poms outdoors, illustrating moments producers chose wrong actors for roles. Any movie that takes place in high school, but all the actors are in their 20s or 30s.

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    #3

    Actor wearing a medieval costume portraying a character, illustrating producers choosing the wrong actors for the role. Colin Farrell as Alexander The Great. As one of my old University professors once said, "I wouldn't follow that guy to the end of my DRIVEWAY".

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    #4

    Young woman with wet hair looking downward in a dimly lit forest scene, illustrating wrong actors casting examples. Kristen Stewart as Snow White in Snow White and the Hunstman. Terrible.

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    #5

    Actor holding a drink in a dimly lit room, illustrating producers choosing the wrong actors for the role. Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor.

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    #6

    Animated scene of cats gathered around a yawning orange cat, illustrating producers choosing the wrong actors for roles. Cats.

    i_f#&kin_luv_it_mate , Universal Pictures Report

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    #7

    Close-up of a woman with glowing cracks on her face, illustrating producers choosing the wrong actors for roles. Maybe an unpopular opinion, but Sophie Turner as Jean Gray. I like her as an actress, but I just couldn’t get into it. I felt like she struggled with hiding her accent.

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    #8

    Close-up of an actor partially covered in black symbiote suit showing an example of wrong actors chosen for the role by producers. Is it now the time to talk about Topher Grace as Eddie Brock/Venom?

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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tom Hardy OWNED that role :)

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    Woman with curly red hair in period costume, standing in dim light, representing producers choosing wrong actors for the role. Cameron Diaz in Gangs of New York. It’s the only time I’ve really be pulled out of a movie because the casting didn’t seem right.

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    #10

    Actor with pale makeup and long hair sitting in a dark setting, illustrating wrong actor casting in film roles. Johnny Depp as Grindelwald. Not because of the whole situation around it, but after reading the books and the cameos in Potter, I just don't see him as Grindelwald, just as albino Depp.

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    #11

    Actress reacting expressively indoors, illustrating moments when producers chose the wrong actors for the role in films. Cameron Diaz was horrible in the 2014 Annie remake. She hasn't made a movie since.

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    #12

    Older male actor gesturing while speaking on a film set, illustrating producers choosing wrong actors for the role. Jon Voight as a snake hunter in Anaconda is fine......but him as a PARAGUAYAN snake hunter?.....just......why lol

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    #13

    Three actors in a dramatic scene, illustrating times producers chose the wrong actors for the role in films. Pretty much everyone from the Percy Jackson movies

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    #14

    Two actors in a dimly lit room reviewing a digital map, illustrating producers choosing the wrong actors for the role. Every actress cast as Sue Richards, The Invisible Woman, from the Fantastic Four so far

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    #15

    Black and white image of a horse in a stable representing wrong actors chosen by producers for roles. Mr. Ed. The role required a horse that could talk. The horse they hired couldn't talk so they had to dub all his lines

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    #16

    Older male actor speaking in a dark setting, illustrating producers choosing the wrong actors for the role discussion. Two that come to mind but weren't cast were in Lord of the Rings. Sean Connery was offered the role of Gandalf but turned it down because he couldn't understand the script. Could you imagine how bad of a casting decision that would have been now that we've seen Sir Ian McKellen in the role? Or Nicolas Cage as Aragorn?

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    Close-up of an actor with a surprised expression illustrating producers choosing the wrong actors for the role in film casting. Schwarzenegger in Twins. He looks nothing like Danny De Vito...

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    #18

    Close-up of actor with dark hair portraying a role, exemplifying producers choosing the wrong actors for the role. Keanu Reeves as Jonathan Harker in Dracula (1992). He's charming and pretty, but he shouldn't have been in this cast against such titans as Gary Oldman and Anthony Hopkins. And the English accent was atrocious. In over his head. It's like Jennifer Lopez trying to sing a Céline Dion song.

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    #19

    A man wearing sunglasses and a blue shirt posing confidently, illustrating wrong actors chosen for the role. Did you guys forgot Ben Afflek in Daredevil?

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    #20

    Young man with leather jacket in tense scene, illustrating times producers chose wrong actors for the role controversy. Shia Leboeuf in Crystal Skull. That part should've been Short Round as an adult.

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    #21

    Scene with two actors in formal and casual attire, illustrating producers choosing the wrong actors for the role. Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson in the 50 Shades trilogy Aside from the movies being absolutely sh&^$y, the two had no chemistry with each other and it was awkward as hell to watch. More so when I found out that Jamie was married while filming those movies. The movies shouldn't have even been made.

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    #22

    Actress in period costume with horses, illustrating producers choosing the wrong actors for the role in a film scene. Emma Watson as Belle in beauty and the beast. I actually thought she was the perfect choice before I saw it. But belles main qualities are supposed to be her warmth and kindness, and it felt like Emma was genuinely judging all the people living in her town. She’s a good hermione though

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    #23

    Close-up of a male actor in a suit portraying a scene about producers choosing the wrong actors for the role. Whoever the dude was in 50 shades. Christian Bale would have crushed that role

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    #24

    Middle-aged male actor in a black shirt expressing doubt in a rustic indoor setting, illustrating wrong actors for roles concept. I have no issues with Pierce Brosnan. Made a fine bond even though his scripts weren't strong. Can do comedy even. But singing in Mamma Mia? How was that ever allowed to happen?

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    Young actress in blue costume surrounded by warriors in a fantasy setting, illustrating producers choosing the wrong actors. everyone in the last airbender movie, especially considering the fact that they took the waterbenders (canonically the nation with the darkest skin coloring) and made all of them white, then made the firebenders dark-skinned.

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    #26

    Close-up of an actor in a superhero costume representing a wrong casting choice by producers in popular online discussions. Just wanted to say for anyone doubting future casting, look at Robert Downey Jr as Ironman. When that was announced so many fans were up in arms and now he IS Ironman...

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    #27

    Bald actor with earrings and necklace appearing contemplative in a scene about producers choosing wrong actors. John Malkovich in Being John Malkovich. It just seemed a bit too on the nose.

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    Young man with a mechanical neck implant smiling and talking, illustrating producers choosing the wrong actors for roles. Dane DeHaan - Valerian That move is pretty awesome except for him, it felt entirely miscast and I couldn't believe this guy was the kind of character they were making him out to be.

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    #29

    Actor in blue sweater gesturing with hands while discussing casting choices and wrong actors for the role. Joel McHale as Roy in the ill-fated US remake of The IT Crowd. We want a scruffy and misanthropic IT nerd, so let's get an actor known foorrr... charisma and confidence? OK.

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    #30

    Actress performing outdoors with microphone, highlighting notable moments producers chose the wrong actors for the role. Zoe Saldana as Nina Simone

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    #31

    Close-up of a male actor portraying a serious character, highlighting wrong actor casting choices in film roles. Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher. If you’ve read the book he is the exact physical opposite of the character as written.

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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But he played the part so well that nobody who hadn't read the books cared.

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    Actor escorted by a security guard in a tense scene illustrating producers choosing the wrong actors for key roles. Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher. Reacher's supposed to be 6+ feet tall, 240+ pounds, basically a brick sh^#house of a man. And someone pulling the strings said yeah, that totally sounds like Tom Cruise to me!

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    #33

    Young woman aiming a rifle, illustrating producers choosing the wrong actors for the role in film casting discussions. Has anyone said Emelia Clarke as Sarah Connor yet? Also Jai Courtney as Kyle Reese. Actually the whole movie sans Arnold was cast fu$^king horribly.

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